Illustration: At a Japanese science museum's hands-on geology table, a child bends close to a rough rock split open to reveal a cluster of angular quartz crystals. One hand holds a magnifying glass while the other carefully steadies the heavy specimen.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

鉱こう物ぶつ

koubutsu

mineral

Example sentences

  1. オーストラリアは鉱物こうぶつが豊富ほうふだ。

    Australia is abundant in minerals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 水みずと森もりと鉱物こうぶつは重要じゅうような自然しぜんの資源しげんです。

    Water, forests, and minerals are important natural resources.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 岩石がんせきや鉱物こうぶつはいろいろな面めんで私わたしたちに有益ゆうえきである。

    Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 鉱物

  • 鉱mineral; oreOnコウKunあらがね
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store